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Class

Latreille 1802



   Subclass Phyllocarida Packard 1879
                   
Order Leptostraca Claus 1880
    
Subclass Hoplocarida Calman 1904
                   
Order Stomatopoda Latreille 1817 - mantis shrimps
    
Subclass Eumalacostraca Grobben 1892
          Superorder Syncarida Packard 1885
                    Order Bathynellacea Chappuis 1915
                    Order Anaspidacea Calman 1904
          Superorder Peracarida Calman 1904
                    Order Spelaeogriphacea Gordon 1957
                    Order Thermosbaenacea Monod 1927
                    Order Lophogastrida Sars 1870
                    Order Mysida Haworth 1825
                    Order Mictacea Bowman, Garner, Hessler, Iliffe & Sanders 1985
                    Order Amphipoda Latreille 1816 - amphipods, sideswimmers, scuds
                    Order Isopoda Latreille 1817 - sow bugs, pill bugs, isopods, etc.
                    Order Tanaidacea Dana 1849
                    Order Cumacea Krøyer 1846
          Superorder Eucarida Calman 1904
                    Order Euphausiacea Dana 1852krill
                    Order Amphionidacea Williamson 1973
                    Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802 - crabs, true shrimp, lobsters,

crayfish, etc.
* The classification utilized here follows Martin and Davis (2001):
Martin, Joel W. and George W. Davis. 2001.  An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series No. 39. i-vii + 124 pp